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was rule
verb
To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
synonyms
Exact(19)
It was rule or die.
The response was rule by fear.
What they wanted, and created, was rule by the party".
"No self-pity was rule No. 1," he said.
Among them was Rule 34, brought in to prevent investors exploiting football clubs as business opportunities.
During the Taliban regime, there was rule of law, people were safe and there wasn't any corruption.
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The UN reported that the gap between the goal of creating an international trading system that was rule-based, predictable, equitable, and nondiscriminatory and the reality of the 2009 global trading system was widening.
She was ruled out.
Water was ruled out.
It was ruled accidental.
That was ruled illegal.
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